FtsK is a bifunctional protein involved in cell division and chromosowre localization in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 893-903

  Liu, Guowen ^a   Draper, G Craig ^a,b   Donachie, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPAIR; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; REGULON; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031902183     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00986.x     Document Type: Article

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